I created a complex custom control using Visual Studio 2005 in C#. The
control has numerous properties, some of which Visual Studio cant seem
to create designer code for when I set its value in the property
browser. Below is the property that is giving me the most trouble in
the designer.

   [DefaultValue(true), Browsable(true)]
   public bool ShowCursor
   {
     get { return showCursor; }
     set
     {
       if (value && cursorTick == null)
       {
         cursorTick = new Timer();
         cursorTick.Tick += new EventHandler(cursorTick_Tick);
         cursorTick.Interval = CURSOR_TICK_INTERVAL;
         cursorTick.Start();
       }
       else if (!value && cursorTick != null)
       {
         cursorTick.Tick -= cursorTick_Tick;
         cursorTick.Stop();
         cursorTick = null;
       }
       showCursor = value;
     }
   }

It is supposed to add the code that sets the value of this property to
the value I set at design time in the property browser. Here is what im
talking about

     //
     // this is designer code for my control that VS2005 made
     //
     this.dataPresenterControl1.AllowKeyboardInput = false;
     this.dataPresenterControl1.AllowMouseInteraction = false;
     this.dataPresenterControl1.CursorIncrement = ((byte)(0));
     this.dataPresenterControl1.LineWidth = ((byte)(0));
     ...

It really burns me when Visual Studio does things like this. I have had
problems with custom control crashing Visual Studio because of
unhandled exceptions in my code which really sets me ablaze.